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billion dollars that was supposed to equip the new iraqi army had been stolen from the ministry of defense by the very people the u.s. entrusted to run it. >> that's a lot of money. >> it's one of the biggest thefts in history, i think. >> most of the iraqi officials involved, including the former minister of defense, have skipped the country, but we found one of his deputies vacationing in paris. if you went back to baghdad, you'd be arrested. >> uh, no. nobody will arrest me. they will kill me. [ticking] [camera shutter snaps] >> these surveillance photos were taken by undercover police officers while they watched a team of seven south american thieves clean out an old navy store. >> shirts at $22.50, and they got the whole rack. >> when police moved in to make the arrest, they found enough merchandise to fill a room. all taken in less than an hour without anyone inside the store noticing a thing. [ticking] >> we have never seen a problem of this size and magnitude in world history. >> now hang on. in world history. >> there's more counterfeiting going on in china now than we've ever see
billion dollars that was supposed to equip the new iraqi army had been stolen from the ministry of defense by the very people the u.s. entrusted to run it. >> that's a lot of money. >> it's one of the biggest thefts in history, i think. >> most of the iraqi officials involved, including the former minister of defense, have skipped the country, but we found one of his deputies vacationing in paris. if you went back to baghdad, you'd be arrested. >> uh, no. nobody will...
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all 4 service women who filed suit had combat experience despite the defense department policy. all tours in iraq and afghanistan. they say in modern war fare the front-line is everywhere. >> every time a william or any service member sets foot into iraq or afghanistan they are the serving in a combat zone. >>reporter: suit says the military is not dealing with reality. >> because of the policy though women are often not officially part of the all male unit they are going on missions with. exclusion policy is one of the last vestige of federal government policy that presumes that women are less capable than men. just because they are women. >>reporter: women make up 14 percent of active military personnel. 280 thousands of them served in iraq and afghanistan. plaintiff say the man puts them at disvng for promotions and recognition. >> policy has the effect of closing whole career fields to service women. and closing hundreds of thus of positions to them. >>reporter: earlier this year the defense department opened about 14,000 plus positions to women. that had previously been lim
all 4 service women who filed suit had combat experience despite the defense department policy. all tours in iraq and afghanistan. they say in modern war fare the front-line is everywhere. >> every time a william or any service member sets foot into iraq or afghanistan they are the serving in a combat zone. >>reporter: suit says the military is not dealing with reality. >> because of the policy though women are often not officially part of the all male unit they are going on...
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the defense budget has to be part of this, too. it's -- some of these rich guys are willing to put defense on the table, good for them. some of them may not be so wild about that. and you know, if defense isn't part of the deal, then again it's not a serious deal. we'll see what they do. >> i have to point out these are the big business leaders that are getting interviewed that have gone around talking about the insecurity in the market, insecurity in the economy. i don't know. the early reports, e.j. dion is that black friday was pretty damn good, the weekend was strong and cyber-monday is pretty good. this fear talk doesn't seem to be playing on the consumer right now. thanks so much. >> good to be with you. >> john mccain abruptly changes his tune on susan rice. how does this guy have any credibility left whatsoever? mike it will tumaski has written about it and will weigh in next. >>> then the republicans are finally getting real. we'll have the new revelations about their bid to block the vote. and what it means in, yes, the n
the defense budget has to be part of this, too. it's -- some of these rich guys are willing to put defense on the table, good for them. some of them may not be so wild about that. and you know, if defense isn't part of the deal, then again it's not a serious deal. we'll see what they do. >> i have to point out these are the big business leaders that are getting interviewed that have gone around talking about the insecurity in the market, insecurity in the economy. i don't know. the early...
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favor a free market system should be outraged about the degenerate state of the lack of competition in defense industry one in china greenhouse a top contracting officer at the army corps of engineers alleges favoritism and rule breaking at what did until i process that was corrupt that was geared toward preferential treatment to k.b.r. k.b.r. whisp pre-selected the duration of the contract was pre-determined. the most blatant abuse that i had experienced in my contracting career the american way is competition and i cannot sufficiently stress that in defense industry when it comes to the big programs there is not competition it's monopoly and cartel behavior it is corrupt is corrupting it is corrosive to our national defense. there is nothing there where is. your old who wants it and when they're doing that you'll never read about everyone had. we get anything out of the band in three months. and no one. can see my name is jay patterson proud to work for halliburton my name's ben carter and within the first week of being in iraq i knew that that wasn't going to be the company that i wanted to
favor a free market system should be outraged about the degenerate state of the lack of competition in defense industry one in china greenhouse a top contracting officer at the army corps of engineers alleges favoritism and rule breaking at what did until i process that was corrupt that was geared toward preferential treatment to k.b.r. k.b.r. whisp pre-selected the duration of the contract was pre-determined. the most blatant abuse that i had experienced in my contracting career the american...
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oh ok here we are the ministry of defense the moves to agriculture now journalist say the next lead the world will be the health ministry that i've read in the papers this morning so do you think that these high profile corruption cases minister being used do you think it's symbolic do you think that the real war against corruption in russia is on i can say to you i presume that today when we are sitting and talking there is no corruption in russia. when they heard the people who are corrupt heard about these cases started by the president at least for a week a month or some. time there is no corruption. of course is very important what would be after that would be just a period of non corruption of us and then it will return back or we would really put is that it is a system that i should talk to you because because what you say is very very good because if people can work without corruption if the economy in the country can work without corruption it means it's not so bad because because the worst case is what it is where this is degrees where it doesn't work otherwise you think russi
oh ok here we are the ministry of defense the moves to agriculture now journalist say the next lead the world will be the health ministry that i've read in the papers this morning so do you think that these high profile corruption cases minister being used do you think it's symbolic do you think that the real war against corruption in russia is on i can say to you i presume that today when we are sitting and talking there is no corruption in russia. when they heard the people who are corrupt...
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in ways competition and i cannot sufficiently stress that in defense industry when it comes to the big programs there is not competition it's monopoly and cartel behavior it is corrupt is corrupting it is corrosive to our national defense and we show there's nothing there where it comes up for your old who wants it thank you and whenever we're doing that you'll never read about everyone had to get to know. we get anything out of the band in three months. and no one. can see my name is a better word for halliburton my name's ben carter and within the first week of being in iraq i knew that that wasn't going to be the company that i wanted to be with halliburton was hired to provide clean safe. cooking cleaning shower water for the military one of halliburton's employees saw something wiggling in the water in his toilet bowl so i went and tested the water in our water storage tanks there was no chlorine in there and none of the water we showered in every single day was extremely contaminated and when i talk about contaminated water i'm saying malaria typhus. cryptosporidium i mean the li
in ways competition and i cannot sufficiently stress that in defense industry when it comes to the big programs there is not competition it's monopoly and cartel behavior it is corrupt is corrupting it is corrosive to our national defense and we show there's nothing there where it comes up for your old who wants it thank you and whenever we're doing that you'll never read about everyone had to get to know. we get anything out of the band in three months. and no one. can see my name is a better...
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i asked your secretary of defense a couple months ago what law governs their actions is wrong and i ask. are any of these allegations being investigated. they're my recollection is that i think it's ok to say this is that the investigations are ongoing and. time will tell some how these contractors have leverage power in washington and the government feels like they want to protect these people maybe they want to protect these the security of these contracts and they want to protect them from prosecution almost of the managers and most of their the people we dealt with working for titan were ex-military officers haven't enough a serious all major military contract is have a board of directors and a senior management that is composed of seamy a retired military person balance their wings and this allows them to be able to go get contracts. possibly come up with. no problems with our kinds of goals. because washington is a phenomenally incestuous place where retired senior officers capitol hill staffers and defense industry men you know the usual suspects come back again and again. mostly
i asked your secretary of defense a couple months ago what law governs their actions is wrong and i ask. are any of these allegations being investigated. they're my recollection is that i think it's ok to say this is that the investigations are ongoing and. time will tell some how these contractors have leverage power in washington and the government feels like they want to protect these people maybe they want to protect these the security of these contracts and they want to protect them from...
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uniform code of military justice does not apply to these contractors in iraq i asked your secretary of defense a couple months ago what law governs their actions mr rahman i ask him go ahead. i was hoping your answer might be a little more specific. mr rumsfeld answered that iraq has its own domestic laws which he assumed applied to those private military contractors however iraq is clearly not currently capable of enforcing its laws much less against you know over our american military contractors i would submit to you that in this case this is one case that privatization is not a solution and mr president how do you propose to bring private military contractors under a system of law yeah i appreciate that very much i wasn't kidding. i found out. april of two thousand and three by a phone call to say well the good news is congratulations you've been selected for promotion to brigadier general i said well that's good news what could possibly be the bad news and he said well the bad news is your unit you'll be commanding is assisting the prisons experts with the restoration of prisons for all o
uniform code of military justice does not apply to these contractors in iraq i asked your secretary of defense a couple months ago what law governs their actions mr rahman i ask him go ahead. i was hoping your answer might be a little more specific. mr rumsfeld answered that iraq has its own domestic laws which he assumed applied to those private military contractors however iraq is clearly not currently capable of enforcing its laws much less against you know over our american military...
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part of the defense was caylee drowned in the family pool. one reporter is saying that the missed computer records are an oversight and a learning experience. and something that baez told us overnight he doesn't believe. >> this evidence didn't help the prosecution in any way, shape, or form. it's no surprise to me that it was not presented at trial. >> reporter: baez now says the evidence could have helped his case because the incriminating searches were made after prosecutors contend they left the house. >> what is significant is that there was computer activity. you have a serious problem if you're the prosecution, and that is that she's home and she didn't leave at 12:50. >> reporter: now baez says, had the searches been revealed in court, they would have called into question the testimony of anthony's father. meantime, former prosecutor jeff ashton reportedly now says, quote, a shame that he didn't have the evidence. >> we'll talk to dan abrams about all of this. it may be a shame that the prosecutors didn't -- >> a shame? it's bigger th
part of the defense was caylee drowned in the family pool. one reporter is saying that the missed computer records are an oversight and a learning experience. and something that baez told us overnight he doesn't believe. >> this evidence didn't help the prosecution in any way, shape, or form. it's no surprise to me that it was not presented at trial. >> reporter: baez now says the evidence could have helped his case because the incriminating searches were made after prosecutors...
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it should be able to fork over dollars to pay for defense. they use defense. they are the ones that privatize defense and make the most money, cut the most deals with the state department. i believe that they need to bring our boys back. they need to get rid of privatization -- privatization in the military. make all the federal government employees, not 70% of the intelligence being run before obama was even a president, 70% was run by privatized -- privatization. host: we will leave it there and go to a tweet. bill shared his comments by writing @cspanwj in his tweet. here are some facebook comments coming in. our next caller is karen from newport news, virginia at the republican line. caller: good morning to you. the state's need to have an opinion because they are going to cripple in the areas that depend heavily on the government. those people a denture those areas that are populated generate a lot of money. they're not just going to cripple the military or the government. they're going to cripple the people working around the revenue depending on the inc
it should be able to fork over dollars to pay for defense. they use defense. they are the ones that privatize defense and make the most money, cut the most deals with the state department. i believe that they need to bring our boys back. they need to get rid of privatization -- privatization in the military. make all the federal government employees, not 70% of the intelligence being run before obama was even a president, 70% was run by privatized -- privatization. host: we will leave it there...
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and has put al qaeda on the defensive. let me describe some of the progress that has been achieved in this fight against al qaeda. first of all, with respect to core al qaeda in afghanistan and pakistan, and that's where the leadership of al qaeda after 9/11 found refuge. our military forces, our intelligence professionals, our diplomats, our development experts have taken the fight to al qaeda's leadership. first through dramatically expanded counterterrorism operations on the afghanistan- pakistan border. and second, through a renewed, revitalized and properly resourced effort to help build an afghanistan that can secure and govern itself. and that's the fundamental mission in afghanistan is to ensure that that country can govern and secure itself so it will never again become a safe haven for al qaeda. over the last few years, al qaeda's leadership, their ranks, have been decimated and includes the loss of four of al qaeda's five top leaders in the last 2 1/2 years alone. osama bin laden, sheik al masri and others in wh
and has put al qaeda on the defensive. let me describe some of the progress that has been achieved in this fight against al qaeda. first of all, with respect to core al qaeda in afghanistan and pakistan, and that's where the leadership of al qaeda after 9/11 found refuge. our military forces, our intelligence professionals, our diplomats, our development experts have taken the fight to al qaeda's leadership. first through dramatically expanded counterterrorism operations on the afghanistan-...
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that's what a defense officials are now telling fox news. u.s. commanders say that afghan forces will be in charge of their own security by then. but analysts say the afghans will still need help from the united states. for one thing, they don't have their own air force. but we knew that jennifer griffin at the pentagon. what do we know about the military's plans after 2014? >> most assume there will be one more fighting season next year in afghanistan beginning in the spring and going through next fall. general john allen the top u.s. commander in afghanistan reportedly wants to keep 60,000 troops through that fighting season that is most of the troops already there. now there are indication that's will recommend that the u.s. keep 10,000 troops after 2014, including 1,000 special operators to keep a lid on things. this is how defense secretary panetta recently described his vision. afghans will be in the lead throughout the country for security in mid 2013. afghans will ultimately take full responsibility for security by the end of 2014. >> the
that's what a defense officials are now telling fox news. u.s. commanders say that afghan forces will be in charge of their own security by then. but analysts say the afghans will still need help from the united states. for one thing, they don't have their own air force. but we knew that jennifer griffin at the pentagon. what do we know about the military's plans after 2014? >> most assume there will be one more fighting season next year in afghanistan beginning in the spring and going...
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the defense bill is a good example. i said let's move to the defense bill. they objected to it. they have been talking about it for months. i agreed to move to it, no preconditions at all. we have to do other things. we have a very short period of time here now and everything around here is the big stall. and he talks about getting bills done. mr. president, we have -- this congress has gotten almost nothing done. we have struggled through a highway bill that took six weeks. we spent most of our time on that. dealing with contraception. we were able to work through that. we had a postal bill that we spent a lot of time on that here. the house put that in there garbage pile. nothing's happened with that. the farm bill, same thing. almost nothing done. why? because we have spent weeks -- weeks -- even simply getting on a bill so we can start legislating. so, mr. president, the republican leader thinks things are going well here. he's in a distinct minority because things aren't going well around here. i think an example, i repeat, lyndon johnson one cloture. harry reid, 386. that
the defense bill is a good example. i said let's move to the defense bill. they objected to it. they have been talking about it for months. i agreed to move to it, no preconditions at all. we have to do other things. we have a very short period of time here now and everything around here is the big stall. and he talks about getting bills done. mr. president, we have -- this congress has gotten almost nothing done. we have struggled through a highway bill that took six weeks. we spent most of...
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defense intelligence agency has said that information and intelligence are the fire and maneuver of the 21st century, and those of you who are familiar with war fighting methods in iraq and afghanistan know how important this has become, and i'll talk more about that as i go along, but i want to read you about a passage about a raid in iraq called the sinjar raid where special operatives seized the computer equivalent of the roladex. it tracked 500 al-qaeda suicide bombers or terrorists who had filtered into iraq through syria, and the possession of this data base of 5 # 00 individuals who were recruitedded to blow themselves up or arrange for terrorist attacks was critical in the effort to take al-qaeda apart inside of iraq, and i'll read you what i wrote here in the prologue. the motherload of documents seized in what has become known as the sinjar raid illustrated the point nicely. the point made by lieutenant general flynn. in the six years after the 9/11 attacks, the u.s. military and intelligence communities representing a wide variety of agencies, large and small, those notorious
defense intelligence agency has said that information and intelligence are the fire and maneuver of the 21st century, and those of you who are familiar with war fighting methods in iraq and afghanistan know how important this has become, and i'll talk more about that as i go along, but i want to read you about a passage about a raid in iraq called the sinjar raid where special operatives seized the computer equivalent of the roladex. it tracked 500 al-qaeda suicide bombers or terrorists who had...
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. >> reporter: the iron dome, a missile defense system developed jointly with the u.s., which intercepts incoming rockets, with a mind-boggling 85% kill rate. this major says hundreds of lives were saved. >> this system basically understands in the very first second where the rocket is going to land. and i'm not talking about the whole city, but the neighborhood, a few blocks. >> reporter: the system's radar detects a rocket launch and calculates its trajectory within a single second. >> this is a wholly defensive weapons system that has presented a conflict from continuing and prevented a larger outbreak. this is really unprecedented in modern history. >> reporter: it's been 24 hours since that battery we visited has fired a missile and folks are trying to take advantage of their first opportunity in a week to get outside. but many of them tell me they don't dare hope for peace, only a sense of quiet. >> matt gutman tonight, thank you. >>> and there is still much more ahead here on "world news" this thanksgiving night. the "price is right" case. the model who said she wasn't allowed bac
. >> reporter: the iron dome, a missile defense system developed jointly with the u.s., which intercepts incoming rockets, with a mind-boggling 85% kill rate. this major says hundreds of lives were saved. >> this system basically understands in the very first second where the rocket is going to land. and i'm not talking about the whole city, but the neighborhood, a few blocks. >> reporter: the system's radar detects a rocket launch and calculates its trajectory within a single...
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and the reporticize the defense diameter -- the report says the defense department has room for more. >> guantanamo is a real stain on our country's image abroad. >> reporter: he's been to guantanamo and interviewed dozens of inmates. moving the detainees could make a difference. >> there'll be a lot more human rights groups and liberties groups pushing to have a trial or release, and i think it'll be stronger in america. and that could make the difference in finally these men will get a trial. >> i think americans would be on edge. >> reporter: some say the prospect of bringing terrorist into the u.s. pours salt into deep wounds. >> it's still fresh, even though it's been year, and to have them living on the same soil, it's just uncomfortable. and i think it's unfair to americans. >> reporter: the report says detainees could be held in six department facilities that are only half full. and the centers would have to be modified first to improve security. >>> running from new york city to san francisco. the incredible journey that 8 million people are following. why it's really a story
and the reporticize the defense diameter -- the report says the defense department has room for more. >> guantanamo is a real stain on our country's image abroad. >> reporter: he's been to guantanamo and interviewed dozens of inmates. moving the detainees could make a difference. >> there'll be a lot more human rights groups and liberties groups pushing to have a trial or release, and i think it'll be stronger in america. and that could make the difference in finally these men...
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even defense minister said he does expect the agreement to be honored. on past experience, it could be a short term cease-fire, waiting to see. we have heard the israeli army is beginning a drawdown of its army reserve troops at the border they're be waiting to see if the cease-fire does last. the schools have resumed operations in the south. all schools win 25 miles of the border last week have been closed and still haven't been opened again, waiting to see if the cease-fire really does hold. at the moment, this agreement really has a lot to be negotiated, a lot to be worked on. the only agreement really so far is quiet for quiet the israelis have stopped attacking and israel has stopped attacking. will it release its hold and grip on boarder crossings to gaza, also to be negotiated in this same sense, the question is will israel stop -- will israel stop its attacks on gaza. all waiting to be seen. meanwhile, peace for the time being. veronica. >> that is some good news. martin fletcher live for us this morning from tel-aviv. thank you. >>> susan rice s
even defense minister said he does expect the agreement to be honored. on past experience, it could be a short term cease-fire, waiting to see. we have heard the israeli army is beginning a drawdown of its army reserve troops at the border they're be waiting to see if the cease-fire does last. the schools have resumed operations in the south. all schools win 25 miles of the border last week have been closed and still haven't been opened again, waiting to see if the cease-fire really does hold....
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they have to give it all to the defense attorney. jose bias wasn't surprised when his investigators found it. in the real world of criminal law it is so uncommon for the defense team to find evidence that the prosecution didn't. their resources, the prosecution team, they have hundreds of lawyers, hundreds of investigators, hundreds of experts. this computer had to have ripped apart by the da's office looking at every single thing in there. if they missed it it's like fox news fror getting to announce the results of texas in the presidential election of the that's the revel of incompetence. a little baby dies you can't make that mistake. i was a prosecutor. i would have been fired. >> turns out they are searching internet explorer. >> i am no technical guy. but even i know what to do and what not to do. it will be interesting. >> someone in the household did search for chloroform or chlorophyll or whatever it is it didn't help in the case. >> probably wouldn't have changed anything. >> coming up casey anthony's defense attorney jose
they have to give it all to the defense attorney. jose bias wasn't surprised when his investigators found it. in the real world of criminal law it is so uncommon for the defense team to find evidence that the prosecution didn't. their resources, the prosecution team, they have hundreds of lawyers, hundreds of investigators, hundreds of experts. this computer had to have ripped apart by the da's office looking at every single thing in there. if they missed it it's like fox news fror getting to...
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the parma of defense fund. has gone up 64%. the cost of mandatory programs, after adjusting for population growth, up 30%. revenues as a government down 13%. spending up in the categories mentioned. we have already passed a major down payment when it comes to deficit reduction. the budget control act. $1.50 trillion in savings over the next 10 years, but i want to call your attention to one aspect which progressives need to remind people. of the $1.50 trillion already in spending cuts, $900 billion it comes from non-defense spending. we have given far more towards deficit reduction than we have seen on the defense side. that is a big to keep in mind as we talk about spending cuts in the future. let's talk about those for a minute. as i mentioned earlier, the budget control act, and sequestrations', would result in dramatic cuts in spending. we have heard a lot of talk about the impact that this will have on our national defense. there's not anyone left, right, or center, a west compromise america's national defense, but spendin
the parma of defense fund. has gone up 64%. the cost of mandatory programs, after adjusting for population growth, up 30%. revenues as a government down 13%. spending up in the categories mentioned. we have already passed a major down payment when it comes to deficit reduction. the budget control act. $1.50 trillion in savings over the next 10 years, but i want to call your attention to one aspect which progressives need to remind people. of the $1.50 trillion already in spending cuts, $900...
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being prosecuted by the you know by the same as are running the court and in a lot of cases are your defense attorneys i won't be accepting state attorney to defend me however i think i myself. say yeah good point i mean every state has has different laws of course founder adam mueller having to serve three months in jail for pacifically this recording a conversation trying to i mean they're recording everything that he can do so when you're trying to record a conversation or try to expose some sort of corruption of course the law comes down hard on us and i just want to ask you know the technology exists now to surveil their walls cops might have the ability to bring drugs if in dogs to your neighborhood and of course trap wire i mean the extensive surveillance apparatus all across the country collectively what is the biggest problem that arises from the surveillance state and. the. over time it your privacy just keeps getting eroded ever further and the old question in the state defenders will ask is well if you don't have anything to hide why do you care and the thing is maybe you don't h
being prosecuted by the you know by the same as are running the court and in a lot of cases are your defense attorneys i won't be accepting state attorney to defend me however i think i myself. say yeah good point i mean every state has has different laws of course founder adam mueller having to serve three months in jail for pacifically this recording a conversation trying to i mean they're recording everything that he can do so when you're trying to record a conversation or try to expose some...
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supreme court will consider a challenge this week to the defense of marriage act. the law was passed in 1996 and bars federal benefits to same-sex couples. >>> and the powerball jackpot for wednesday has grown to a record $425 million. and based on sales in 42 states, the total jackpot could go a lot higher. >>> now here's your first look at this morning's dish of "scrambled politics." who's afraid of going off the fiscal cliff? well, not anti-tax crusader grover norquist who tells "the wall street journal" he thinks republicans will hold the line on taxes. and if there's no deal, norquist isn't worried, telling "the journal," the woerld won't come to an end if this isn't resolved before january. meanwhile, in "the new york times," warren buffett takes a dig at norquist and others while making his case for a minimum tax on the wealthy. the oracle of omaha writes, "let's forget about the rich and the ultrarich going on strike and stuffing their ample funds under their mattresses if -- gasp -- capital gains rates and ordinary income rates are increased." >>> after we
supreme court will consider a challenge this week to the defense of marriage act. the law was passed in 1996 and bars federal benefits to same-sex couples. >>> and the powerball jackpot for wednesday has grown to a record $425 million. and based on sales in 42 states, the total jackpot could go a lot higher. >>> now here's your first look at this morning's dish of "scrambled politics." who's afraid of going off the fiscal cliff? well, not anti-tax crusader grover...
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, even angry defense of susan rice. but another meeting that susan rice had today was with senator bob corker of tennessee. yesterday he told reporters in the hallways that he thought she would be a better democratic committee chair than secretary of state. he was very careful not to say one way or the other how he would vote if she were nominated. but he did say a warning for the president. >> i would just ask that the president step back away from all of the buzz around this particular situation and take a deep breath and decide who is the best secretary of state for our country at this time when we have so many issues to deal with. >> reporter: the point that he made is that he and other senators view the role of secretary of state differently from other cabinet posts where traditionally senators tend to give senators the benefit of doubt that they could have whomever they want in their cabinet when they seat the secretary of state differently. another point of controversy in these meetings that susan rice has been h
, even angry defense of susan rice. but another meeting that susan rice had today was with senator bob corker of tennessee. yesterday he told reporters in the hallways that he thought she would be a better democratic committee chair than secretary of state. he was very careful not to say one way or the other how he would vote if she were nominated. but he did say a warning for the president. >> i would just ask that the president step back away from all of the buzz around this particular...
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when the carnage continues in gaza israel claims its own barmen of the gazans is in self-defense at the same time denying the palestinians. good lumber taurine was able to build a most sophisticated. fortunately. down anything tombs mission to teach me. about humans in. this is why you should care only. to least be told language. programs and documentaries in arabic it's all here on the. reporting from the world's hot spots of the interviews intriguing stories for you to. see then try. to. visit our big. download the official. language stream quality and enjoy your favorites. t.v. is not required to watch on t.v. all you need is your mobile device. any time. live. live. live. live. live live place. live it. all right we are talking to eric heiden sader founder of mannix who literally watches markets down to the nano second and sees all of the manipulative behavior going on by high frequency trading firms or at least some of it look that's that's kind of the evolution of high frequency trading sped up so before the break we were really focused on the u.s. now the u.s. you say is behind y
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reporters, police, prosecutors, defense lawyers, this was a proxy war being fought. and these young men were the proxies for all kind of other agendas. and the truth and the reality and just were not part of it. >> rose: knowing all of this is going on, at any time were people saying beyond those were the quleed participation and knowledge this is did not happen, this is a mistake we are being victim mid here by the times? not "the new york times" but the moment? >> there wasn't much, i mean a few people and there were supporters in the african-american community especially there were some supporters who were pointing out some of these problems, but not enough to get the attention of the mainstream media which was plowing ahead with this story, basically the police prevented, presented at these press conferences and you see in the film what their version of the story was, and the media for the most part just bought that and printed it as the gospel. >> rose: failure of the media here? >> it is a significant one. there is an interesting story we learned about in the e
reporters, police, prosecutors, defense lawyers, this was a proxy war being fought. and these young men were the proxies for all kind of other agendas. and the truth and the reality and just were not part of it. >> rose: knowing all of this is going on, at any time were people saying beyond those were the quleed participation and knowledge this is did not happen, this is a mistake we are being victim mid here by the times? not "the new york times" but the moment? >> there...
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of the israeli air defense. so if iran wanted to learn something from this, i hope very much it learned its lessons and it would stop its quest for nuclear weapons because if it doesn't, i assure that you it will be stopped. if not, by the u.s. and the international community, as i very much hope it will be, then we will stop it a.m. bass dor, you mentioned the international community. let's talk about egyptian president morsi. high did this power grab, as you know, shortly after brokering the truce between israel and hamas. now he is saying -- we are just reporting that he is saying, hold your horses, everybody, this power grab of mine is only temporary. does this give you indication that morsi is trying to make sure that he is not flaming the fire there. he has people protesting against him, inside his own country? >> well, i think what we are seeing in egypt and the power grab, as you aptly described it by president morsi, is just another indication of the fact that israel is truly a villa in the jungle. we a
of the israeli air defense. so if iran wanted to learn something from this, i hope very much it learned its lessons and it would stop its quest for nuclear weapons because if it doesn't, i assure that you it will be stopped. if not, by the u.s. and the international community, as i very much hope it will be, then we will stop it a.m. bass dor, you mentioned the international community. let's talk about egyptian president morsi. high did this power grab, as you know, shortly after brokering the...
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netanyahu tonight in meetings with her thanked her profusely, thanked the united states for the iron dome defense system. the most important meeting is tomorrow with egypt's president morsi. morsi wants american aid for the survival of egypt, and she wants morsi to really pressure hamas to pull back and come up with some permanent agreement. interestingly clinton was going only briefly to ramallah, to the west bank. it will be more than two years since she's been there. that tells you everything, that the more moderate branch of the palestinians really are irrelevant to all of this. the real power is political power, at least, with hamas. >> our chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell in d.c. tonight. andrea, thanks. >>> in this country we have been reporting on the rush among some big retailers out there to push the traditional black friday shopping day frenzy into thursday which, of course, is thanksgiving day. now, on top of that, it looks like if you plan on lining up outside your local walmart, you may have company in the form of protesters. our report tonight on all of it from n
netanyahu tonight in meetings with her thanked her profusely, thanked the united states for the iron dome defense system. the most important meeting is tomorrow with egypt's president morsi. morsi wants american aid for the survival of egypt, and she wants morsi to really pressure hamas to pull back and come up with some permanent agreement. interestingly clinton was going only briefly to ramallah, to the west bank. it will be more than two years since she's been there. that tells you...
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you could put snow over at defense. i think john kerry has a strong case to make for defense. putting a republican, it works with bob gates it could work again. >> william cohen too. >> absolutely. >> bob kerry for you joe tell me about bob kerry. he lost in the senate race. they owe him a favor? >> they owe him big time. if indiana is going to be the bread basket of the cabinet members, i say let's go outside that particular box. bob kerry of nebraska, war veteran, knows what it's like to be in combat, kind of an innovative thinker president of the new school in new york, very creative outside the box kind of guy to the point you don't know exactly what he's going to say. what's not to like about a wacky secretary of defense. he could be somebody who is -- he is a serious ideas guy someone congress can respect because they know him. he served in the congress many decades. he also is very good credibility on military. >> and somebody who could talk credibly about the weapons system that we need and don't need and convince congress to go along with some of these cuts. >> joe ma
you could put snow over at defense. i think john kerry has a strong case to make for defense. putting a republican, it works with bob gates it could work again. >> william cohen too. >> absolutely. >> bob kerry for you joe tell me about bob kerry. he lost in the senate race. they owe him a favor? >> they owe him big time. if indiana is going to be the bread basket of the cabinet members, i say let's go outside that particular box. bob kerry of nebraska, war veteran,...
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his administration is now planning to ask congress to increase funding for israel's missile defense system. the iron dome system intercepted more than 80% of the missiles hamas launched during the conflict. and israel has a man in custody suspected of planting the bomb on a tel aviv bus that wounded 15 people. a police spokesman says the israeli arab is a member of hamas. more arrests are expected. some israelis are expressing disappointment that israel's response wasn't harsher. hamas has declared november 22nd a permanent national holiday. >> susan mcginnis in washington. have a good weekend. thank you. egypt's president mohamed morsi has given himself new sweeping powers. he declared the court can't challenge any of his decisions. he ordered the retrial of former president hosni mubarak and top aides. he said his power grab is to protect the revolution that toppled mubarak. critics say he's appointed himself egypt's new pharaoh. coming up, highway horror. a pileup in texas. two dead others critically injured. this is the "cbs morning news." injured. this is the "cbs morning news." aide
his administration is now planning to ask congress to increase funding for israel's missile defense system. the iron dome system intercepted more than 80% of the missiles hamas launched during the conflict. and israel has a man in custody suspected of planting the bomb on a tel aviv bus that wounded 15 people. a police spokesman says the israeli arab is a member of hamas. more arrests are expected. some israelis are expressing disappointment that israel's response wasn't harsher. hamas has...
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he doesn't immediately jump to the defense of cuba. and he looks halfway around the world to where the peace deal is most vulnerable. .. and kirchoff kept bringing up her land that we are going to bring this up in november at the united nations after the midterm election. so he had been broadcasting this to the summer. kennedy had been reading all of these reports. the conditions going into this process to believe that kirchoff is going to force the issue. that the issue that kennedy keeps coming back to cuba. so if u.s. kennedy would be sent to hear an kennedy himself was talking about this, kennedy would say, west berlin. he would not say defensive cuba. so the cuba angle doesn't come through a lot. they're not really thinking this through because it doesn't make sense. the way that it's in 1962 would be to do some kind of mutual trudy were to spend lots of conventional weapons, which is what they were doing, but not then long-range missiles that the united states. >> is funny, khrushchev saturday said that tactical fields. he would'
he doesn't immediately jump to the defense of cuba. and he looks halfway around the world to where the peace deal is most vulnerable. .. and kirchoff kept bringing up her land that we are going to bring this up in november at the united nations after the midterm election. so he had been broadcasting this to the summer. kennedy had been reading all of these reports. the conditions going into this process to believe that kirchoff is going to force the issue. that the issue that kennedy keeps...
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when the carnage continues in gaza israel claims its own barmen of the gazans is in self-defense at the same time denying the palestinian. children sorrow. for escape. barely surviving longing for a godsend. they live in a search for goals. why doesn't it bring them wealth. comes. download the official. language stream quality and enjoy your favorite. t.v. required to watch on t.v. all you need. to watch on t.v. any time. and. more news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. giant corporations are all day. all right we are talking to eric seder founder of mannix who literally watches markets down to the nanosecond and sees all of the manipulative behavior going on by high frequency trading firms or at least some of it look that's that's kind of the evolution of high frequency trading sped up so before the break we're really focused on the u.s. now the u.s. you say is behind you say it's not even it's insulting that it's behind us so far behind that i don't even know what to call it australia just unveiled new ru
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>> well, i've seen as i'm sure the committee has what the defense secretary has said. the transition is going to plan. there will be opportunities next year, i think, to make further withdrawals. we've already announced, the government has already announced that some 500 will be withdrawn by the end of this year. next year there will almost certainly be scope to take further decisions which the government hasn't yet taken, and i think you probably need to ask the defense secretary, you know, when he envisages that might be possible. >> because we are talking a timeline of slightly more than o two years, so i think things can change, i recognize that. >> but i think the prime minister has said what we're looking for is a slight pass towards the end of 2013, not a cliff edge. but the government will take those decisions when it's ready, and it -- >> well, events will clearly dictate rather than political decisions. i wouldn't ask you to comment on political decisions. [inaudible] >> but taken reassure and give you confidence that the figures announced by the prime minist
>> well, i've seen as i'm sure the committee has what the defense secretary has said. the transition is going to plan. there will be opportunities next year, i think, to make further withdrawals. we've already announced, the government has already announced that some 500 will be withdrawn by the end of this year. next year there will almost certainly be scope to take further decisions which the government hasn't yet taken, and i think you probably need to ask the defense secretary, you...
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last night senator graham rejected her defense but says he's open to today's meeting. >> she asked to meet with us, and i will listen to what she has to say about her role in benghazi, but i can tell you this. the more i know about benghazi, the more upset i am that the consulate was even open on september 11th. when you look at the history and the reporting coming out of libya about the dangers, it should never have been open or heavily reinforced. after the attack, i think the story we were told about a spontaneous event caused by video where a mob turned into a riot is less credible than ever. >> smart of her to call the meeting. acting cia director michael morrell will accompany rice during today's meeting, fueling speculation that the ambassador is topping president obama's list to replace secretary of state clinton. some say the president could announce his choice this week. >> i'm still holding out. i think it may be jill kelley who gets the nod. >>> a new report says the assad regime received help from russia as international sanctions are beginning to cripple the syrian econo
last night senator graham rejected her defense but says he's open to today's meeting. >> she asked to meet with us, and i will listen to what she has to say about her role in benghazi, but i can tell you this. the more i know about benghazi, the more upset i am that the consulate was even open on september 11th. when you look at the history and the reporting coming out of libya about the dangers, it should never have been open or heavily reinforced. after the attack, i think the story we...
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-funded defense shield that kept dozens of rockets from hitting israeli civilians. the counter point to that is ironic. hamas emerges a a big winner from this conflict and its truce. >> hamas has emerged stronger. it's consolidated control over gausa. they may yet manage to get an easing of the blockade if a more presence e deal welcome back done. >> look what they've accomplished. they, rather than abbas, has put the palestinian issue back on the international stage. >> reporter: that brings us to those that have lost much in this conflict. mahmoud abbas and his fatah faction. the palestinian leaders were supposed to be the moderate peace brokers. now they can't even claim to speak for all palestinians and proved they have no leverage with hamas, their arch-rival. >> this is not a good outcome for abbas and the two-state solution. >> always a player, riran's han is arguably weaken the. iron dome shot hundreds of missiles out of the sky. what if israel attacks iran? can it still call on hamas to retaliate? in one week with one truce allies and enemies in the region
-funded defense shield that kept dozens of rockets from hitting israeli civilians. the counter point to that is ironic. hamas emerges a a big winner from this conflict and its truce. >> hamas has emerged stronger. it's consolidated control over gausa. they may yet manage to get an easing of the blockade if a more presence e deal welcome back done. >> look what they've accomplished. they, rather than abbas, has put the palestinian issue back on the international stage. >>...
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lashoff director of the climate and national climate and clean air program with the national resources defense council thank you all for joining me and great to have you with us dr live from new york as well. the center for. competitive enterprise it's to see they've been running around all over on this stuff and they've come up with this list of the top ten global warming myths and provided handy talking points to anybody who wants to take this stuff down and i you know i've been debating this with these people for years and years and years i just want to get some really credible thoughtful people on and just let's put this drive a stake into the heart of this vampire if possible if i could start with you dr stout dr minister. the one nine hundred ninety s. were the hottest decade on record according to the c.e.o. of the deniers this is a myth now that's just plain false i mean the two thousands are now the hottest year on record so actually surgically true. to the word this is gotten much worse this year is on track to be the hottest year on record i mean there's no doubt that if you look ov
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who was the secretary of defense caspar weinberger i mean this guy was directly involved with purchasing a weapon selling weapons to iran even though the congress had outlawed selling weapons to iran so that they could find contra rebel groups in nicaragua i mean everybody came out of that scot free so that's one of the more controversial ones other ones include the president ford giving a pardon to president nixon after a white watergate scandal mean people were outraged this caused a lot of you know emotional upheaval with the people with the american people and so i mean that's one of those really controversial ones as well in fact president ford's press secretary even resigned as a result of that the thing is that you know it's it's there's so many pardons that take place not all of them a controversial but some of them are going to be and that's the ones that we have to look out for and without having the transparency to do so it's really hard to know whether you are actually you know pardoning injustice like real injustice right right it seems like it almost a pit in my eyes the tw
who was the secretary of defense caspar weinberger i mean this guy was directly involved with purchasing a weapon selling weapons to iran even though the congress had outlawed selling weapons to iran so that they could find contra rebel groups in nicaragua i mean everybody came out of that scot free so that's one of the more controversial ones other ones include the president ford giving a pardon to president nixon after a white watergate scandal mean people were outraged this caused a lot of...
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you will be surprised >>> live from america's news headquarters israel testing it's newest missle defense system. it shot down hundreds of missiles fired from gaza. today, the missile interceptor is meant to stop mid range missiles up to 180 miles, the next stage in what israel calls a multi layer missile defense. >> and new york mayor announcing a federal grant to hire unemployed people for clean up efforts after the storm expected to put 5,000 new yorkers to work, also announcing the state is partnering with fema to replace fema workers with new yorkers. now back to "countdown to dooms day". sday. >> bill: december 21, 2012 is the winter solstice what some people call doomsday. six months before it was the summer solstice and thousands of yoga lovers were celebrating in new york city's time square. it was literally a far stretch from doomsdayers. >> there is nothing to suggest that gigantic floods and earthquakes will destroy our world. >> there are prophesy that has say the world is going to end. >> i think what we're dealing with is denial of our own deaths. >> this obscure relic monu
you will be surprised >>> live from america's news headquarters israel testing it's newest missle defense system. it shot down hundreds of missiles fired from gaza. today, the missile interceptor is meant to stop mid range missiles up to 180 miles, the next stage in what israel calls a multi layer missile defense. >> and new york mayor announcing a federal grant to hire unemployed people for clean up efforts after the storm expected to put 5,000 new yorkers to work, also...